Private trash hauler reduces pickups across Fairfax County

More trash service is being disrupted by staffing issues in the industry.

Starting April 18, American Disposal Services will reduce pickups from twice a week to once a week across Fairfax County amid ongoing labor issues that have hit the industry during the pandemic, a customer representative for the private hauler confirmed.

The company merged with Waste Connections in 2018, a Houston-headquartered publicly traded company that had revenue in 2021 of nearly $6.2 billion, an increase of around 13% from its total of nearly $5.5 billion in 2020. Revenue in 2019 was $5.4 billion.

Read more…

Recent Stories

An officer who fatally shot a McLean man in 2022 violated Fairfax County Police Department policies, but the shooting itself was within policy and legal bounds, a new report on…

This sponsored column is written by the team at Arrowine & Cheese (4508 Cherry Hill Road in Arlington). Sign up for the email newsletter and receive exclusive discounts and offers. Experience Arrowine’s Tastings & Events. Have…

Inova’s Center for Personalized Health campus in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey) Inova Health System appears to be narrowing its vision for the former ExxonMobil headquarters site in Merrifield…

Morning Notes

The “Hoop-La” sculpture in front of Capital One’s Tysons headquarters (staff photo by Angela Woolsey) Police Continue Traffic Enforcement Campaign — “Between April 22 and 28, the Fairfax County Police…

×

Subscribe to our mailing list